January 27, 2023 11:54 Last updated: 12:02
According to a report on the US “Forbes” website on the 26th, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in an interview in Australia that China’s rise in recent decades was a “great victory for the world.” He also said that the United States is now “much weaker” politically and that countries like China need to play a bigger role in world governance.
Screenshot from Forbes website report.
The US website Fox Business reported that Gates discussed topics such as the new crown epidemic, energy, and Ukraine at a forum hosted by Australian think tank the Lowy Institute for International Policy on Monday.
Gates reportedly said of China: “I tend to see the rise of China as a huge victory for the world. I mean, that’s almost 20 percent of humanity. Today, they’re so much of the world economy -wide as they are The share in the world The population is exactly the same. Do you know, the GDP per capita of countries like Australia, the United States, etc. is five times that of the Chinese. So it is we have a disproportionate share of the world economy.”
Speaking about US-China relations, Gates pointed out that the current US attitude towards China is a “lose-lose mentality,” and China has responded accordingly. “If you ask American politicians ‘hey, do you want China’s economy to shrink by 20 per cent or grow by 20 per cent’, I’m afraid they’ll vote ‘yes, let’s go poor people’ without understanding what happening with the global economy, “he said, the discovery of cancer drugs, and the answer to climate change, we need to work together.”
Bill Gates was interviewed at the Forum of the Australian International Policy Institute Think Tank Lowy.
According to a report by The West Australian on the 23rd, Gates further said on the same day that the current world system was designed around the “leadership” of the United States, but that former President Trump had withdrawn previously from the World Health Organization (WHO). ) and other “leadership”. The act of withdrawing from the group has greatly damaged the global standing and reputation of the United States. was 10 years ago.”
He said bluntly that the United States is now “weaker” politically than in the past, especially considering the political polarization of the country, it could be difficult for Washington to conceive its original “unique” role in the world. “As other countries become richer, these middle-income countries, including China and India, need to play a bigger role in world governance,” Gates said.
In response to the Sino-US relationship and the “lose-lose mentality”, China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang published an article in the US media on the 4th of this month, stating that Sino- A healthy and stable USA. affect the future and destiny of both people and our planet. He stressed that Sino-US relations should not be a zero-sum game where you lose and I win, and you rise and fall The vast earth is enough to allow China and the U.S. States develop independently and prosper together. The respective success of China and the United States is an opportunity rather than a challenge to each other. We cannot allow prejudice and misperception to lead to conflict and conflict between the great people of our two countries. Under the strategic leadership of the two heads of state, both sides should find a correct way of getting along that is conducive to maintaining world peace and prosperity.
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